Parental height in relation to offspring coronary heart disease: examining transgenerational influences on health using the west of Scotland Midspan Family Study

Background Adult height is known to be inversely related to coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. We sought to investigate transgenerational influence of parental height on offspring’s CHD risk. Methods Parents took part in a cardiorespiratory disease survey in two Scottish towns during the 1970s, in w...

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Hauptverfasser: Gray, Linsay, Davey Smith, George, McConnachie, Alex, Watt, Graham CM, Hart, Carole L, Upton, Mark N, Macfarlane, Peter W, Batty, G David
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2012
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Genetics and Epigenetics
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3535757/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23087191
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys149
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